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Moyers Corners, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clay town. It lies in ZIP code area 13027. The Survey maps it on the Baldwinsville quadrangle.

Moyers Corners within Onondaga County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Moyers Corners, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Moyers Corners, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

232 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Moyers Corners between 2000 and 2020, burning about 121 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 30 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined115
Arson/incendiarism30
Natural22
Debris and open burning21
Smoking16
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Moyers Corners: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cecil Perry Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cecil Perry Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Phoenix Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Onondaga County

Storms near this place

6 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moyers Corners in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMoyers Corners$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees on Gaskin Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMoyers Corners$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down or snapped multiple trees in a yard.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMoyers Corners$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees on Gaskin and River Roads.
July 2024Funnel CloudMoyers Corners-A video of a funnel cloud was shared on social media.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMoyers Corners-no account filed
September 2013HailMoyers Corners-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Onondaga County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Belgium0.7 miles26
Casual Estates1.2 miles27
Three Rivers1.7 miles26
Radisson1.7 miles26
Lysander New Community2.3 miles26
Euclid2.4 miles27
Bayberry3.1 miles27
Oak Orchard3.1 miles27

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122589335The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957978. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.